Container for preserving eggs



Dc. 21, 1937. N G, CQNNER CONTAINER FOR PRESERVING EGGS Filed Aug. 3l, 1936 :EIELIL ZZ I/6' /IZ /5' Z. :E'IE E IIIHII l m BY- Gow INVENTOR tatented 2l, `1.937V A Y A o t UNITED STATES PATENT "OFFICE Y 2,102,886 1 CONTAINER FOR PRESERVING EGGS Norman G. Conner; Oakland, Calif. Application August 31, 1936, Serial No. 98,642

' 1 claim. (ol. zza-1.5) Y

t This invention relates to containers for preaperture I8 bordered by a bead I9 to form a con- V serving foodstuis, particularly eggs. Cal debleSSiOn abOut the aperture. It is an object of the invention to provide a The lower cap is iirst connected withthe body container, for individual eggs, which will preserve 6, this being done by setting the end of the body 5 the egg in a fresh condition for a considerable in the peripheral rim of the cap and spinning or 5 period of time. crimping the outer ilange I4 inwardly toward the Another object of the invention is to provide flange l2 SO aS t0 elleehtly SQlueeZe` the Sheets a container which will preserve the egg in an at- 'I and the metal foil 8 between'the flanges to obmosphere f reduced pressure, tain an airtight joint. An egg 2|, the shell 0f l0 A further object of the invention is to provide Which has been thoroughly cleaned, iS 110W -plaeed 10 an improved fluid-tight container for preserving in the Container SO that One elldfthereof IeStS foodstuffs, y in the socket I1 of the lower cap, after which the Still another object of the invention is to proupper Cab iS Placed OVeI the end Of the bOdy and vide means, in a containerof the character de- Secured n place in the Same manner in Which Y l5 scribed, which Wi11 prevent moving of the egg the lower cap was secured. The eggs 2I may be 15 about in the container 2Lfter the egg has been selected so that their individual'lengths are apseeled therein, proximately equal thus insuring that the respec- The invention possesses other objects and feetive ends thereof seat in the sockets I1. Howy tures of velue some of which, together with the ever it is obvious that by increasing or decreasing 20 foregoing, will be specifically set forth in the dethe length 0f the body 6 eggs 0f Various lengths 20 tailed .description of the invention which follows. may be aeeemmedated. After the top cap has It is to be understood, however the invenbeen Sealed. 1n place, the assembled cntainer is tion is not to be limited to ther particular species placed in au eVaeuatihg mechanism which exthereof shown and described as various other hauStS the ail' in the eehtainer through the aper- V embodiments thereof may be employed within the ture I8 and seals the latter, while the interior of 25 scope of the appended claims. the container is at reduced pressure, by closing Referring to the drawing: the aperture with a quantity of solder 22. The

Figure 1 is a Vertical soot-,tonal View through o conta1ner after proper marking or labeling which container incorporating the principles of this inmay be Conveniently applied by printing directly vention. on thesurface of the berboard body 6 is now 30 Figure 2 is a top plan View of the structure ready for Shipment 01 Storageshowu in Figur-e1l portions or the gure being In order to permit the packaging of eggs which broken away to more clearly disclose the interior are ,Slightly Shorter than the distance between construction the opposite closure caps, I provide the struc- Figure 3 is a front elevational View, partly in ture Shown in Figli-m53 and 4- @Figure 3 it Will` 35 Vertical Section of the container Showing the be noted that the egg S not 0f Sument length support collar mounted therein to permit seating of its upper end in the socket Figure 4 is a horizontal sectional View taken '7 0f the tOD Cap and that. lacking means to sein the plane indicated by the line lI-4 of Figcure it against striking the walls of the container,

4o nre 3, the fragile shell thereof' is quite likely to become 40 In detail, the container comprises a cylindricall breken during Subsequent handling 0f the conbody, generally indicated by the numeral 6, contanel'- T0 prevent movement 0f the egg, and sisting of superposed, adheslvely joined, sheets thereby eliminate the danger 0f breakage thereef, 'I of berboard, or similar material, and provided, I haVe provided an insert Comprising a disk 24 of on the inner surface thereof, with a sheet 8 of berboard, slightly larger in diameter than the 45 metal foil whose overlapped ends 9 are soldered, inner diameter of the container, having a central or otherwise joined togethe to provide an airaperture 23 WhOSe periphery iS dVided by radial tight joint. Provided at each end of the body s slits 21 into a plurality of tabs 28- After placing is a pair of metal closure caps each comprising the egg 23 in the container, so that its lower end a disk II having a channel shaped peripheral rests in the socket provided therefor in the lower 50 rim consisting of an inner flange I2, a bottom closure cap, the disk 24 is inserted in the open I3, and an outer flange I4, and a spherically ern upper end of the container and pressed downbossed portion I6, at its center, to provide, on wardly thereinto until the upper end of the egg one side of the disk, a socket I1. One of the caps 'enters the aperture 26 and exes the tabs 28` is provided, in the disk portion thereof, with an upwardly thereby forming a socket which will 55 securely hold the egg in position. Due to the fact that the diameter of the disk is slightly in excess of that of the inside of the container the disk will assume a conical shape when inserted in the container and this, together with the upward flexing of the tabs 28 Will provide, as shown in Figure 3, an annular truss peripherally between the egg and. the container. Once the disk has been positioned in the container it will not, regardless of the degree of rough handling to which the container is subjected, be readily displaced. After insertion of the disk 24 the upper closure cap is secured and sealed in the pre-de scribed manner.

From the foregoing description of my invention it will be seen that I have provided a container in Which individual eggs may be preserved for extended intervals of time, that the egg is maintained in a partial vacuum thereby arresting decomposition thereof, that an improved container has been provided which although being particularly adapted to the preservation of eggs, may also be used to pack other foodstuffs, and that improved means has been provided for insuring against the movement, in the container, of eggs which do not properly fit the container.

I claim:

In combination, a container for an egg comprising a cylindrical berboard body, a metallic liner Within and extending between the ends of said body, closures for the respective ends 01 said body each comprising a disk of metal having a channel-shaped peripheral rim in which an end of said body and said liner may be secured, one of said closures having a depressed portion therein to provide a socket in which an end of said egg may be seated, and the other of said closures having a sealable aperture therein through which air may be, exhausted from said container, and means within said container for supporting saidegg against movement therein, said meansk comprising a disk of sheet material Within saidfbody in peripheral contact with the inner surface thereof, said disk having a central aperture thereinrthrough which a portion of said egg may project, and a plurality ofresilient tabs on saidy disk contactingithe surface of said egg.

' NORMAN G. CONNER. 

